I see the web site of Blackmachine... have some nice guitars, but they're to thinner... 27 or 28mm... mmmmm
How much wood you got, how much sustain and tone you got... so go to gym, don't make a thinner body! :D huahahahahaha
dont be fooled into thinking the thinness of black machines is a bad thing - they sound so bloody good!! the whole point is that they are thinner, that will in no way decrease tone or sustain -
thats kind of the 80's way of thinking that heavier was better for tone and sustain, and people ended up with tone sucking brass nust!!! More weight, mass, actuall volume of wood = more sustain = absolutely big hairy balls!!! :shock:
the whole sustain thing just comes down to marketing hype anyway!!, how much bloody sustain do you need.
lets put it this way, i have made a few not so good guitars in my time but i have never made one that lacked sustain. I have come across very few guitars that lacked sufficient sustain in a way that couldnt be overcome by a set-up. If a guitar is put togther well it will never suffer from a lack of sustain no matter what the neck join is, what ther bridge is, what woods are used or how how thick it is...
.. after that, if you need more sustain, you need to invest in a sustainer
as for tone, well you really need to play a black machine before saying they lack any tone.... tone does not come from having more wood to soak up string vibration- the choice of wood is just as improtant as the thickness. you may notice doug prefers mahogany for his thin super strats.. if it was full thickness mahogany would be the outside choice for the kind of guitars he makes
anyway, good tone is completely subjective
